Kent Walker
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1285989368
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthopediatrics Corp. at 32.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $27,793 and has fallen 71.5% since, to $7,932 in 2025.
Across 179 payments — averaging $458.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthopediatrics Corp.$27K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$22K
- Implanet America, Inc.$8K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$7K
- Arthrex$6K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$5K
- plus $7K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$42,75052%
- Travel & lodging$26,09132%
- Food & beverage$8,65611%
- Education$4,4915%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 40 | $26,891 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 42 | $22,322 |
| Implanet America, Inc. | 8 | $7,756 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 10 | $7,067 |
| Arthrex | 6 | $5,876 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 10 | $4,967 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $1,800 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $1,536 |
| Mirus, LLC | 2 | $910 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $895 |
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 4 | $325 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $283 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 2 | $265 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 3 | $239 |
| Blue Surgical LLC | 3 | $176 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $145 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $112 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $74 |
| Stryker | 1 | $50 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $18 |
| Okami Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $7 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- MYSPINE$19,694
- Other - Miscellaneous$6,704
- The Tether$1,239
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$910
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$910
- MiRus 3DR Lumbar Interbody System$910
- IO Expandable Lumbar Interbody$910
- RIGEL 3DR Cervical Interbody$910
- MUST$901
- Orthopediatric Implants$457
- INVICTUS OPEN$261
- AMISTEM$239
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$173
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$159
- PRECICE Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System$152
- 7D Surgical System$150
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$145
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$140
- UNID_PASS$124
- CellerateRx$123
How this compares
Too few pediatric orthopaedic surgery providers in Kentuckyto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric orthopaedic surgery in Louisville
- Daniel BachmanLouisville$11K
- Joshua MeierLouisville$9K
- Jennifer BreyLouisville$4K
- Kelly JenkinsLouisville$4K
- Laura JacksLouisville$461
- Karen Rosario OrtizLouisville$132
- Shari GabrielLouisville$107
- Ryan MuchowLexington$4K
- Anne DumaineLexington$3K
- Vishwas TalwalkarLexington$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.